PR 008 Roman legionary 3

The use of segmented loriga although it spread rapidly among the legions deployed in Gaul, Germania and Britain, was not used so regularly in the beginning among the legions destined in Syria and Judea. The advantage offered by segmented loriga in more humid climates consisted basically in its ease of cleaning and elimination of rust, which in a chain mail is much more expensive and complicated. However, with the fall of the empire and the beginning of the middle ages, the European warriors returned to the mesh armor despite these drawbacks. Perhaps it is because the legionary as a professional soldier personally took care of his team and the medieval warrior carried these tasks on the shoulders of his servants and squires.